« pepper (the spice) » en sept langues
Senspepper (the spice)
Espagnol
/piˈmjenta/
fém.autre source · Latin PIGMENTA 'pigments; spices'
The vegetable is el pimiento, masculine.
Français
/pwavʁ/
masc.héréditaire
Italien
/ˈpepe/
masc.héréditaire
The vegetable is il peperone.
Portugais
/piˈmẽtɐ/
fém.autre source · Latin PIGMENTA 'pigments; spices'
Pimenta is also chili; the bell pepper is pimentão.
Roumain
/ˈpiper/
masc.héréditaire
The vegetable is ardei.
Catalan
/ˈpebɾə/
masc.héréditaire
The vegetable is pebrot.
Anglais
/ˈpɛpɚ/
du latin/français · Old English pipor, from Latin PIPER
Calling the vegetable a pepper came later, after the American capsicums reached Europe.
L’ancêtre latin
PIPER‘pepper (from Greek péperi, ultimately from India)’
Les six sœurs en descendent, sauf indication contraire ci-dessous.
L’histoire
PIPER travelled from India through Greek. French, Italian, Romanian and Catalan kept it (poivre and pebre with the western P → v, b); Spanish and Portuguese call it 'pigments' (pimienta, pimenta), the word behind pimiento.
Parents anglais: peppermint, paprika
Lois phonétiques à l’œuvre
L’apprendre
Dans une phrase
- esPásame la sal y la pimienta.
- frPasse-moi le sel et le poivre.
- itPassami il sale e il pepe.
- ptMe passa o sal e a pimenta.
- roDă-mi sarea și piperul.
- caPassa'm la sal i el pebre.
- enPass me the salt and pepper.